3:38 AM,
Mar. 23, 2014

Written by

Phil
Reid

In doing 1907, I recently found a couple of other items I thought were noteworthy. So our journey today is returning to 1907 for more history.

To start with, last column's football game was won by Marion High school. I mention this because I found out why they wanted to win so badly. The previous week Marion High played Ada High. Ada won 71 to 0. So Marion was in the mood to gain a victory. Apologies to Columbus.

Our first item for today appeared in the Marion Daily Star on Monday, Sept. 9, 1907, with these headlines: "WORKS OF EXCAVATING FOR PROPOSED LAKE," followed by "A Force of Men Is Employed at ...